Metropolitan State University of Denver student Steve Anderson, center, takes a portrait of Alex Morris, of Denver, on Thursday, March 14, 2013, near the damaged visitor kiosk at the Davidson Mesa overlook along U.S. 36 outside Boulder. (Jeremy Papasso / Daily Camera)

Although the accident that knocked over the visitor kiosk at the Davidson Mesa overlook initially was classified as a hit-and-run, a suspect was arrested later the same night it happened, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman said Friday.

State Patrol officials initially said Thursday that the kiosk had been knocked over sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning in a hit-and-run case, even though officials from the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau -- which owns and operates the kiosk -- said investigators told them it was a DUI case.

On Friday, Trooper Josh Lewis said the suspect, in fact, had been located and arrested the same night of the crash. Lewis said that when he discussed the case Thursday, he didn't have access to the full report.

Lewis said that at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday, troopers found an abandoned 2004 Ford pickup truck at the scene. Troopers searched the area but found no evidence of the driver, who had apparently driven the truck into the kiosk.

Lewis said sometime later, a nearby resident called to report that a man had come to his house looking for help. Boulder County sheriff's deputies responded and determined the man, identified as Jeremy Cordova, 28, was the driver of the truck involved in the kiosk accident.

Investigators said Cordova appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was arrested on suspicion of DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, failing to report an accident, careless driving and driving without insurance.

Cordova was released from the Boulder County Jail on bond. A court date has not yet been announced.

Kim Farin, spokeswoman for the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau, said Thursday that a contractor went out to the scene and determined the structure -- which stood for more than 20 years -- was beyond repair.

Farin said that although no final decisions have been made, the bureau is leaning toward replacing the kiosk.

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